# Yageo to acquire KEMET for $1.8 billion

Yageo Corporation will acquire all outstanding shares of KEMET Corporation for $27.20 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $1.8 billion, including net debt assumption.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2019-11-11
- Where: United States
- Value: $1.80B
- Status: announced
- Products: tantalum capacitors, ceramic capacitors, magnetic components, sensors and actuators, film and electrolytic capacitors
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Yageo Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/21631.md) (acquirer)
- [KEMET Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/22429.md) (target)

## Sources

- [globenewswire.com](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/11/11/1944978/0/en/Yageo-to-Acquire-KEMET-for-US-27-20-Per-Share-in-Cash.html), 2019-11-11: "Yageo Corporation and KEMET Corporation today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Yageo will acquire all of the outstanding shares of KEMET’s common stock for US$27.20 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at US $1.8 billion."
- [globenewswire.com](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/11/11/1944978/0/en/yageo-to-acquire-kemet-for-us-27-20-per-share-in-cash.html), 2019-11-11: "Yageo Corporation and KEMET Corporation today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Yageo will acquire all of the outstanding shares of KEMET’s common stock for US$27.20 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at US $1.8 billion."
- [reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kemet-m-a-yageo/taiwans-yageo-to-buy-rival-kemet-in-1-8-billion-deal-idUSKBN1XL2MI/), 2019-11-12: "Taiwanese electronic component company Yageo Corp plans to acquire U.S. rival Kemet Corp in a $1.8 billion deal aimed at expanding its global footprint."
- [passive-components.eu](https://passive-components.eu/synergy-from-acquiring-kemet-qa-with-yageo-chairman/), 2019-11-19: "Taiwan-based Yageo announced recently plans to acquire fellow US-based passive component company Kemet in an all-cash transaction valued at US$1.8 billion."
- [natlawreview.com](https://natlawreview.com/article/cfius-clearance-yageo-corporation-and-kemet-corporation), 2020-02-07: "Together with KEMET, Yageo will be well positioned as a one-stop provider of passive electronic components."

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